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Now that we have our very own Garden forum, I thought I'd post a thread here on plants, fruits, veggies, etc., that are dangerous to our pets, or even our livestock, so we can make smart decisions when building and planting our gardens.
IIRC cherry tree leaves kills horses, but Summerthyme...

Per membership request, this room has been created to talk about all things gardening. That being said, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE for post volume. If this room dies, I'll fold all posts into Homesteading. Whether it lives or dies depends on you.
Thanks
Dennis
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I am heading in my own way to being able to keep chickens without having to feed grain.
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How Karl Hammer Feeds 600 Chickens (Without Grains)
About 40 minutes long

This year I grew heirloom collards called Alabama Blue. It is a beautiful plant the stems and the veins in the leaves are purple. They grew well and the flavor was excellent.
I have never tried to save collards seeds before and had no idea that the plants actually form seed pods. So I am going...

we've grown sweet potatoes (Beauregards) for 12-15 years with great success averaging harvests of 350 lbs with regularity. I always thought we were pretty good at it - UNTIL THIS YEAR.
we planted our own slips in the same fashion as we always do - and at the same time (the last week of may) -...

Anyone have experience growing shell beans? Dried beans? Since the price in the stores has gone up so much, I figure I should experiment with them as soon as possible. Be nice to not take up as much storage space with them too.

My daughter cleaned out the seed cabinet today. Wow did we have a lot of older seed. Going to do some germination tests just to see before I chuck it. Some is from the late 90s. Been stored in the basement. Found some cotton seed and sorghum from a few years ago when I messed with them.

I kicked out a few of my young chickens for fighting about a week back and lost one of them to a Goanna ( a big lizard.)
I have heaps of wildlife where I live.
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Why I don't free range my chickens

A little floating plant with a few different species can give you this. Yes, I am talking about duckweed.
It can be on fed to chickens etc. It can be used as a fertilizer for the garden.
Getting enough protein from a small garden is not easy.
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I finally got my Fall Garden in. It rained way too much from August, til now. I planted some bedding plants, 5-6 packs. The rest of the rows are seed planted. So far, cabbage, spinach, cauliflower, Napa cabbage, and broccoli. The seeds are celery, lettuce, collard greens, and carrots. Just as the...

Starting this thread because I'm a little overwhelmed by all the choices and possibilities. I want to build a greenhouse that heats itself as much as possible - with perhaps the potential of adding a rocket stove.
Here's what I've thought of so far -
1. I hit clay/rocks at about 18" to 24"...

As soon as he gets my new shelf installed in the east kitchen window I plan to start some herbs. Aside from basil which herbs do really well in moderate to low light? I'd say this window gets about five to seven hours of sunlight a day depending on the time of the year, so about five and a half...

Back in the mid 70's, my parents bought some rural property, 30 miles outside Beaumont, Tx. They built a nice house on the 45 acres. Why here in this area, I'm not sure because Houston was our home town, 100 miles away. We had been living overseas at different places for almost 10 years, and my Dad...

Anyone else dreaming of your Spring GARDEN???
Looking at the outrageous prices on line for vegetable seeds.....really SILLY!!
I LOVE Starks for fruit trees and I see they are now carrying vegetable and herb seeds also. AND the prices are REASONABLE!!
I must admit, I buy most of my seeds...

After 2 months of cold and snow. Temps as low as 6F with snow depths to 12 inches. We had a few warm days with rain to melt away the last of the snow, and thaw the ground. Under row covers outside were a few hundred radishes, dozens of Diakons, and hundreds of salad turnips.

I've been playing around with plans and designs for my property (since it's winter and there isn't a whole lot I can actually do outside), and thought I'd share what I've been doing.
First, here is a photo of the actual property. This is 2.68 acres, in south-central Kentucky. The picture was...

Top 10 Foods to Grow for Survival
Karen Hendry
By Karen Hendry June 22, 2016 09:44
Top 10 Foods to Grow for Survival
Photo on link: http://www.askaprepper.com/top-10-foods-grow-survival/
When the collapse happens and you are in survival mode, you need to consider your long-term food...

I've read that the bulb of Spring Beauties are edible. Small pink and white flower that likes growing in wet shaded area. Plant may reach 6 inches tall. In some areas I've noticed Orange spots on the plants leaves that look like some sort of fungal(?) infection.
Any one here ever eat these...

Well with two major volcanoes about to go full tilt in the Pacific (Bali and Vanuatu) it's time to consider we may possibly end up with experiencing a "year without a summer"
So it may be time to start thinking about tunnel houses, greenhouses, hydroponics in the basement, so on and so forth.
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1. Folks, I'm looking for Potato Onions, if anyone has or know someone that has, please send me a message.
2. I also have a few heirloom pole bean seed to trade. Again, send me a message.
Thank you.
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My Chickens are an integral part of my garden as I feed them greens most days from the garden and collect the Chicken shit and put around my garden.
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What do Chickens Eat? A Complete Guide to Feeding Adult and Baby Chickens
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Top 3 Easiest Vegetables to Grow I Have Ever Found
About 15 minutes long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJyp63PIQz8
Learn Organic Gardening at GrowingYourGreens
Published on Dec 22, 2017
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shows you the top 3 easiest perennial vegetables you can...

Be careful with fresh wood chips in the garden
Jessica Walliser
Jessica Walliser | Saturday, April 5, 2008
Questions: I had a large pin oak tree taken down in late fall. After the stump was ground, I was left with a rather large pile of sawdust/chips, etc. Can this be used for mulch and if...

Rechsand-Turing sand into gold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2DLQw1K9Ms
Mingliang07
Published on Apr 11, 2013
Rechsand (仁创科技集团), a Chinese company, has developed some technologies that turn sand into industrial and agricultural use, with significant benefits for combating...

You have to love her, I mean Routh Stout. However, for her method to work, you would want to have fertile soil to start with. Also reasonable rainfall. Crops grow small if there isn't enough rainfall.
I grow some comfrey where I live. My chickens eat it. Some I have to water...

Building a wooden trellis for a vegetable garden to maximize growing space.
Video:
https://www.marthastewart.com/916719/building-trellis-vegetable-gardening
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we have typically harvested our sweet potatoes by manually digging them - one hill at a time - using a 5 prong fork and starting about 3 feet away from the hill. that can be incredibly labor intensive - typically taking an entire day from start of the dig to having them ready to cure.
is that...

I just thought that I would post this on using minimum water to grow crops. You do not need to use any soil just compost and logs etc. I have a friend who has long beds like this:
He has made them half a meter deep and from waste materials. He only uses organic material and has to top...

Humus Rich Soil: A Garden Foundation
Humus is the blood, the life of your garden soil. Every gardener’s primary concern should be to make year-by-year improvements to their soil.
Soil without humus, is inactive, lacking the ability to produce quality plants and flowers. Read on to know more...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Mulch
Mulching is the placing of organic matter such as straw or lucerne on top of your garden soil. Every gardener should mulch both their vegetable patch and their garden on a regular basis as it is a great foundation ingredient for good soil and is beneficial for...

Video shows intrepid reinventer figuring out how to grow necessary ingredients for the bug spray/cream. Then distill the essential oils out of them. Then turn them into a cream and spray.
Talk about a skill set for the apocalypse? Check out the rest of this guys videos. - OGM
Fair use.
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